Hehhe. I started this board. It's been up for almost a year now. At the bottom of the first page you will see some stats. I believe we have 72 members now.
The site began in 1996. I was learning HTML and wanted to write down everything I had learned at fish stores so I wouldn't forget. It looked a little different back then! But the steps haven't changed all that much.
This past year I have been pushing new features in and trying to raise it to the next level. At the same time, although I have a couple small freshwater aquariums, it's been a while since I had salt going (I gave the last one away when the Internet took over my life and I was never home), so I bought a couple tanks and I am slowly (painfully slowly - because I am broke.) getting those going.
Advertisements? Heh. I turned the last offer down when I was rich. But now... hmm.. maybe, but it will never be pop-up hell, I can guarantee that much!